The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-17
LAW IN THE EAST AND WEST.
The Different Kinds OF Justice That the
One-Eyed Man Found.


81 hate to live in a new country"
said Jones, us related by the Salt Lake
Tribune, where there is no law.
Eyer bet YER" chimed in Thompson.
Law is the only thing that keeps US
ont of everlasting chaos.
Yes, indeed" said i legal gentle
man present. 1T is the bulwarI of tic
poor mans liberty---ihe shield which
the strong arm of justice throws over
tie wcak-the Solace anu the balsam
of the unfortunate and wrOnged-
the"
20, stop 'er," remarked man with
one eye. 81 won't have it that way.
Law is a boss invention for rascals oi
all grades. Give me the country
where there is no law and | can take
care of myself every time. Now, for
instance, when lived in Ohio got a
dose of law that will never forget. I
was in partnership with q man named
Butler, aud one morning we found
our cashier missing with 5000. He
had dragged the safe and put out.
Well, started after him and caught
him in Chicago. where he was splurg-
ing around on the money. I got him
arrested and there was an oxamina-
ton. Well, all the facts were brought
out, aud the defense moved that the
case be dismissed, as the prosecution
did not make out case in the name
of the firm, and that if there was a
firm the cOpartnership had not been
shown by any evidence before the court.
To my astonishmeut the court said the
plea was o. X. and dismissed the case.
Before could realize what was up the
thief had walked Off Well I followed
him to st. Louis, and there / tackled
him again. | sent for my partner,
and we made complete case, going
for him in the name of the Common
wealth and Smith, Butler & Co. Well,
the lawyer for the defense claimed
that the money had been taken
from a private drawer in the safe. was
my money exclusively. and that my
partner had nothing to do with it; that
the case should be prosecuted by me
individually aud not by the firm. The
old bloke who sat ON the bench wiped
his spectacles. grunted around awhile
and dismissed the case. Away goes
the man again. Then l got hitch on
him and tried to convict him of theft.
but the court held that he should be
l..
years after l tackled him again, and
they let him go. Statutes of limita-
tion, you see. Well, 1 concluded to
give it up and did.
But about four years afterward ]
was down in Colorado. and man
pointed to another and said, That
fellow has just made hundred
thousand i'll a mining swindle.' /
looked. aud it was my old cashier. !
followed him to the holel and nailed
him in his room with the money. Now
| says, Billy, do you recognize your
old boss? and of course he did. SAYS
/: Bill, 1 want that three Thousand
you stole from me, with the interest
and all legal and travelling expenses.
'Ah, you do?' says he;- didn't the
courts decide that
:. Curse the courts, says /. putting
six-shoOter Il foot long under his
nose. This is the sort of legal doeu.
ment that I'm travelin' on now. This
is the complaint, warrant, Indictment,
Judge. jury, verdict, and sentence all
combined, and the firm of Colt & Co,
New Haven, are my attorneys in this
ease. When they speak they talk
straight 10 the point of your mug, you
bloody larceny thief. This jury OF
six. of which l am foreman, is liable
to he discharged ut any moment. No
technicality or statute Of limitation
here, and a stay of proceedings won't
last over four seconds. want $40. .00C
to square my bill or I'll blow youl
blasted brains out Well, lie passed
over the money right away aud said he
hoped there'd be no hard feelings
Now there's some Colorado law fol-
YOU, and it's the kind for me. Eli
boys?" and the crowd, with one accord
concurred i'll the cheapness and efficacy
of the plan by which man could carry
his court on his hip. instead of appeal
ing to the blind goddess in Chicago
and ST Louis